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Note: SCOTT McKINNEY was born in Steuben County, New York. He enlisted March (April 4th) 1864 as a private in Co. G, 53rd PA Vol., and was honorably discharged June (2nd) 1865. This company was recruited in Potter County and of Potter County men enlisted for three years service. During its organization it occupied Camp Curtin and while there did guard duty at Harrisburg, PA. It was then ordered to Washington and from there to Alexandria where it remained during the winter of 1861-61. It participated in the affair at Manassas Junction and Warrenton Junction and then was transferred with McClellan's Army to the Peninsula, and formed part of the Reserve Division at the Siege of Yorktown. It tool part in the following battles and engagements, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Charleston, Snickers Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Bristoe, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon RR, Five Forks, Deep Creek and was in the forefront of the advance the day of the surrender of the Rebel army at Appomattox Court House. They camped for a short time at Burkeville after the surrender, then marched to Washington DC, where on May 23rd 1865 they participated in the Grand Review of the Union Armies. They had a splendid war record having an especially heavy loss at Fredericksburg where they left on the field one hundred fifty-eight out of a total of two hundred and eighty-three. - GAR48 p.217
Accordong to war records, Scott received a medical discharge (probably due to measles).
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